2022 EUROPEAN VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY INSIGHT REPORT By European Game Developers Federation (EGDF) Supported by Video Games Europe VIDEO

Table of contents European Video Games Industry Data 5 Number of game developer studios 7 Number of service providers 8 Number of people working in the video games industry 9 Percentage of women working in the industry 10 Total turnover earned by local game developer studios 11 Number of companies that published new titles 13 Number of new titles published by local developers 13 Number of new self-published titles 13 Number of companies that published by external publishers 13 Percentage of games developed for various platforms 14 Funding and education institutions insights for the video games industry 16 Number of European formal educational institutions offering game development programs 18 Number of European non-formal educational institutions offering game development programs 19 Cultural aid for game production 21 R&D aid for game developer studios 23 Aid for SMEs for launching a new studio 25 2021 Video Games Industry key numbers 27 Country focus 29 Video games industry reports by country 60 Educational institutions providing study programmes in game development in Europe 62 Questionnaire 72

From Hendrik Lesser, President of EGDF and Hester Woodliffe, VGE Chair This report is the result of cooperation between EGDF and Video Games Europe. Industry data is crucial to understanding our European ecosystem and its evolution, and the 2022 report shows the European industry continued to grow in terms of employees and game developer studios. It is difficult to talk about this year’s report without mentioning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and simultaneous political unrest in Belarus. Both events triggered a historical game industry talent exodus from Ukraine, and Belarus – causing a significant influx of game industry war refugees, into the EU. The video games industry came together to welcome them, notably, Poland and Lithuania have made enormous efforts to integrate political and war refugees into their communities. Within a year, the Lithuanian game developer community doubled its size to 2000, and the Polish game industry grew by 25% to 15000industry experts. Poland now stands equal to France as the biggest game developer talent base in the EU. As an outcome, in 2022, the EU game industry surpassed the 90 000 employees mark for the first time. It is important to note the that the percentage of women working in the industry went up from 23.7% in 2021 to 24.4% in 2022. The combined EU industry turnover reached close to EUR 19B. However, the global crisis had different impacts on different national industry ecosystems. On one hand, the growth slowed in Sweden, Romania, and Denmark whereas, the Croatian, Dutch, Slovakian, and French industries faced a decline or zero growth.

d EU industry turnover reached close to EUR 19B. However, the global crisis had different impacts on different national industry ecosystems. On one hand, the growth slowed in Sweden, Romania, and Denmark whereas, the Croatian, Dutch, Slovakian, and French industries faced a decline or zero growth. The number of studios in the EU and the employee base of FREDPERR the EU game industry continued to grow, also in the countries Hendrik Lesser less impacted by the war. With over 900 studios, Sweden EGDF President is now the biggest game development country in terms of CEO, Remote Control game developer studios, followed by Germany and France. Productions It is important to note that France significantly improved its data collection methodology for the 2022 report, making its numbers much more comparable with the rest of Europe. Consequently, the figures from our previous report are not entirely comparable with this report. After the updated French numbers, we estimate that the number of game developer studios in the EU is around 5300 studios. Hester Woodliffe VGE Chair SVP Publishing WB Games

INTRODUCTION For this report, with the support of VGE, EGDF has aggregated national industry data for 2022 from 20 European countries: Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. Please note that aggregated EU level data includes also latest available data points from countries that so far have not collected 2022 data. The report has two main parts. The first part presents Europe-wide data for 2022 (total numbers, comparative data, etc.). The second part is made up of country-specific information (2018-2022, depending on the available data for each specific country). EGDF uses methodology that makes the data as comparable as possible between the countries. Different national trade associations use different methodologies for collecting the data. In some countries, data is based on national surveys and in some countries, data is collected from public registers. Some countries have updated some of their data points from previous years based on more accurate recent data better aligned with the industry methodology explained in the Annex III of this report. Links to national reports are available at Annex I of this report and at www.egdf.eu/data-and-studies.

> **[Chart page]** This page contains visual data — view in PDF for the best experience. Number of game developer studios 750 2022 5,300 Despite the economic downturn, in most European countries, 577 game dev the number of game developer studios grew in 2022. 494 studios in After France improved its data collection methodology 447 the EU and cut inactive studios from its data, Sweden became an industry leader in the EU. From 2021 to 2022, the Swedish studio base increased by an astonishing 20%. 222 232 EU countries Non EU countries 160 163 54 65 66 67 100 140 10 26 11 24 Slovenia Greece Slovakia Latvia Croatia Lithuania Belgium ItalyDenmark Romania Finland Spain Poland France Germany Sweden North Macedonia^Norway Serbia What is the total number of active game developer studios in your country in 2022? Both studios doing self-publishing or using external publishers are taken into account (Number)